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AiMT Advances in Military Technology
Vol. 5, No. 2, December 2010
Effect of the Accuracy of Target Range
Measurement on the Accuracy of Fire
R. Vítek*
and L. Jedlička
Department of Weapons and Ammunition, University of Defence, 662 10, Brno, Czech Republic
The manuscript was received on 10 June 2010 and was accepted after revision for publication on
14 September 2010.
Abstract:
The article deals with the mutual relation between the accuracy of the target range
measurement and the accuracy of fire. The stereoscopic target range measurement and
its errors are briefly described in the first part. The second part of the article is focused
on the impact of inaccurate target range measurement on projectile’s vertical position of
the point of impact. Various ballistic systems are used for the simulation of the effect.
Results of simulations are discussed from two points of view. First point of view is the
use of the results for the selection of the most suitable ballistic system for the firing on
the target at given range. The second one offers utilisation of the results for the setting of
requirements on the accuracy of target range measurement for given ballistic system and
size of the target.
Keywords:
Exterior ballistics, passive range finder, target range measurement, trajectory modelling
1. Introduction
The fire accuracy of the guns is largely affected by the accuracy of the determination
of the relative position between the weapon and the target. In case of the direct fire,
the most important characteristic of the target position with respect to the weapon is
the slant range as the basic input factor for the fire data computation [1].
Nowadays, the laser rangefinder is the most frequently used device for the target
slant range measurement for its promptness, accuracy and reliability. Nevertheless, the
recent research [2, 3] shows the relatively high rate of the laser measurement errors
due to the atmosphere effects, false reflections, laser beam divergence, and others.
From the tactical point of view, the most important disadvantage of the laser
* Corresponding author: Department of Weapons and Ammunition, University of Defence, Kounicova 65,
CZ-662 10 Brno, Czech Republic, phone: +420 973 445 165, e-mail: [email protected]
70 R. Vítek and L. Jedlička
rangefinder is the fact that the laser rangefinder during its operation emits a relatively
large amount of energy, which is detectable by the enemy‟s reconnaissance means [1].
Especially in the situations when it is necessary to measure the target range several
times (repeating of the measurement because of the measurement fault, effort to
determine the direction and velocity of the target motion by means of the several
measured points of the target trajectory and so on) the enemy gets sufficient time and
information for taking the appropriate countermeasures, or the counterattack.
One possible solution of this problem is to utilize the methods of the digital
photogrammetry when the target position and the slant range are determined from at
least two images of the target which were synchronously acquired from the different
camera positions. The fundamental advantage of this approach is that the CCD or
CMOS detectors of cameras do not emit such an amount of energy which could be
detected by the enemy, and only the radiation emitted or reflected by the target is
passively received. Furthermore, these types of detectors could operate in the
relatively wide range of the electromagnetic spectra, so they can be used for target
range measurement also under reduced visibility and in the night.
2. Passive Target Range Measurement
The determination of the target position based on the image information processing
results from the fundamental relations between the target coordinates with respect to
the global coordinate system X, Y, and Z connected with the Earth and the image
coordinates of the target with respect to the local coordinate system ys and zs,
connected with the camera detector. This relation can be expressed by the formulas in
following form [4, 5]
11 0 21 0 31 0
0
13 0 23 0 33 0
12 0 22 0 32 0
0
13 0 23 0 33 0
,
,
s
s
r X X r Y Y r Z Zz z c
r X X r Y Y r Z Z
r X X r Y Y r Z Zy y c
r X X r Y Y r Z Z
(1)
where:
ys, zs are the object image coordinates with respect to the local coordinate
system connected with the camera detector,
y0, z0 are the coordinates of the principal point of the camera with respect to the
local coordinate system connected with the camera detector,
c is the principal distance of the camera,
X0, Y0, Z0 are the coordinates of the projection centre of the camera with respect
to the global coordinate system,
X, Y, Z are the coordinates of the target with respect to the global coordinate
system and
rij are the elements of the rotational transformation matrix of the camera with
respect to the global coordinate system.
The slant range L of the target can be determined using the following formula
2 2 2
0 0 0L X X Y Y Z Z . (2)
The principal point coordinates and the camera constant are the elements of the
inner camera orientation. These elements are determined during camera calibration
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and they are considered to be the constants for the measurement process. The
projection centre coordinates and the rotation of the camera with respect to the global
coordinate system are the elements of the outer camera orientation and they can vary
during the measurement process in general. However, in the scope of the slant range
determination the relative elements of the outer camera orientation are substantial, i.e.
the knowledge of the relative position of the reference camera with respect to the
measuring camera is more important. The elements of the relative outer orientation of
the camera are also determined during camera calibration and they also remain
constant.
In the case of incorrect determination of the inner and relative outer camera
orientation elements, systematic error is introduced into the measurement process.
This error can be eliminated by re-calibration of the camera, though.
Random error in the slant range measurement process is caused by errors in the
determination of the image coordinates of the target. Hereinafter the effect of the
incorrect image coordinates determination on the slant range computation and
consequently on the target hit error will be discussed.
It is obvious from the formulas (1) that the image coordinates of the target can be
determined from one image. But for the inverse operation, when the global coordinates
of the target shall be reconstructed for the known image coordinates, one image is
insufficient, because we have only two conditional equations for three unknown
coordinates X, Y, Z. Therefore, at least two images have to be acquired for obtaining
four conditional equations, which can be used for deriving the equation system with
the unique solution. In the case of using two cameras the term camera base is used.
The camera base b is the element of the relative outer camera orientation in principle
and it can be expressed by formula
2 2 2
01 00 01 00 01 00b X X Y Y Z Z , (3)
where:
X00, Y00, and Z00 are the coordinates of the reference camera projection centre
with respect to the global coordinate system and
X01, Y01, and Z01 are the coordinates of the measuring camera projection centre
with respect to the global coordinate system.
For better understanding, the following conditions have been adopted:
the optical axes of the both cameras are parallel to each other and perpendicular
to the base of the cameras,
the beginning of the global coordinate system is identical with the projection
centre of the reference camera,
the optical axis of the reference camera is coincidental with the longitudinal
axis X of the global coordinate system and it goes through the point which
represents the target,
the axes y and z of the local coordinate system connected with the camera
detector are parallel to the corresponding axes Y and Z of the global coordinate
system and
for the measuring camera it is valid that X01 = X00, Y01 = Y00 and Z01 = b.
This normal case of stereo restitution is shown in Fig. 1. The individual symbols
in this figure will be explained in this article hereafter. On the basis of these
preliminary conditions we can transform the relation between the target global
coordinates and image coordinates into the simplified form
72 R. Vítek and L. Jedlička
1 01 1s
bz z c
L , (4)
where:
zs1 is the horizontal image coordinate of the target for the measuring camera,
z01 is the horizontal coordinate of the principal point of the measuring camera,
c1 is the principal distance of the measuring camera,
b is the base of the cameras and
L is the slant range of the target with respect to the projection centre of the
reference camera.
From equation (4) the resulting formula for the slant range computation can be
derived in form
1
1 01s
cL b
z z
. (5)
Fig. 1 Normal case of the stereo restitution
3. Errors of the Passive Target Range Measurement
In the case of using the digital cameras for acquiring the images, the fundamental error
in the image coordinates determination is caused by the spatial discretization of the
continuous brightness distribution in the plane of the camera detector. It means that the
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image coordinate zs1 does not take the values from the continuous interval 0; mz ,
where zm is the physical width of the camera detector but from the vector of discrete
values Z whose elements can be computed by means of the formula
iz zi for i = 0..nm 1, (6)
where:
z is the minimal distinguishable spatial increment (or spatial resolution) of the
camera detector and
nm is the number of spatial increments in the particular direction.
In practice the z is frequently equal to the dimension of the camera detector element
(pixel).
If the determined value of the discrete image coordinate is 1sz , for this value
following formula is valid
1 1s zz zn , (7)
where:
nz1 is the number of the image pixel, which was estimated as the representation
of the target.
In general, due to the quantization noise mentioned above, the nominal value of
image coordinate zs1 will differ from 1sz and it can take its value from the interval
1 1 11 ; 1s z zz z n z n . (8)
To determine the error in the slant range measurement it is necessary to examine
the two limiting values of the image coordinate from the interval above.
Using the substitution
1 01 1s pz z zn , (9)
where np1 = nz1 – z01/z, the equation (5) can be written in form
1
1p
bcL
zn
. (10)
The slant range error ΔL is given by the difference between the evaluated slant
ranges for limiting values of the discrete image coordinates according to the formula
1 1
1 1
1 1
1 11 1
2
1 1 1
1
2
1
1 1
1 11 1
1 1 1
2.
1
p p
p p
p p p
p
bc bcL L L b
z n z n
n nbc bc
z n n z n
bc
z n
(11)
Using the formula (10), it can be written for np1
1
1p
bcn
zL
. (12)
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Substituting (12) into (11), the new formula for the determination of the slant
range error will be obtained
22 2
1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1 1 1
2 2
22 2
1
c bc bc zLz LL b
z zb c b c z L b c z L
z L
. (13)
For relatively high resolutions of camera detectors (Δz < 10–5
m) and relatively
short target ranges (L < ca. 3000 m) it can be written
2 2 0z L , (14)
therefore, the formula (13) can be transformed into form
2
1
2 zLL
bc
. (15)
It means that absolute error of the measured slant range is indirectly
proportional to the base of cameras and principal distance of the camera and directly
proportional to the resolution of the camera detector and the square of the measured
distance. Finally, the relative error of the slant range measurement can be expressed by
equation in form
1
2L zL
L bc
. (16)
The estimated error of the range measurement can be used for determination of
the point of impact shift with respect to the aiming point.
Example: Δz = 6.45 μm, b = 2 m, c1 = 0.072 m, target range L varies from 300 to
1200 m. The estimated errors are shown in the Tab. 1.
Tab. 1 Estimated relative error of the measured target distance
Nominal target distance L [m] 300 600 900 1200
Image coordinates zs – z01 [mm] 0.480 0.240 0.160 0.120
Discretized image
coordinates Δznp1 [mm] 0.477 0.239 0.161 0.123
Discretized target distance
L [m] 301.70 603.39 893.02 1175.03
Relative difference between
L and L [%] 0.56 0.56 0.78 2.08
Estimated error ΔL [m] 8.15 32.61 71.44 123.69
Relative estimated error [%] 2.7 5.4 8.0 10.5
4. Ballistic Considerations
The current experimental firing task solved in the research project can be described as
a standard NATO target of size 2.3 2.3 m moving at distances up to 650 m with
velocity about 5 m·s1
.
At this moment the ballistic system of calibre 7.6254 mm for the purposes of
the research project is utilised. The used ballistic system is capable to successfully
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fulfil the current experimental firing task, but it is not suitable for the accurate firing at
the longer ranges of fire which would be closer to the firing tasks in military practice,
especially due to increasing steepness of the projectile trajectory at longer ranges of
fire and also due to its sensitivity to atmospheric effects (especially cross wind).
For these reasons it is necessary to consider selection of a new ballistic system
that will be capable to successfully hit the moving standard target at ranges of fire
about 1000 m. The weapon system with this capability would be more suitable for the
application into practice.
4.1. Exterior Ballistic Modelling
The question of exterior ballistic modelling can be divided into two parts. The first
part is focused on the selection and use of a suitable trajectory model. The second part
deals with the most efficient calculation of the aiming angles.
Trajectory Model
Among several available trajectory models the point mass trajectory model was
chosen. This model is sufficiently accurate for the calculation of trajectories for the
direct fire ballistic systems and also the input data of various ballistic systems are
relatively easily available. The trajectories can be calculated very quickly in
comparison with the more sophisticated trajectory models and the speed of calculation
is a very important parameter in the ballistic computers.
This point mass trajectory model consists of six first order differential equations.
These equations describe projectile motion as a motion of a point mass in the space.
0.5
0
43 43
0
0.5
0
43 43
0
0.5
0
43 43
0
d,
d
d,
d
d,
d
d,
d
d,
d
d,
d
x N N
x x
N N
x
y N N
y y
N N
y
N Nz
z z
N N
z
v pc v w G
t p
xv
t
v pc v w G g
t p
yv
t
pvc v w G
t p
zv
t
(17)
where:
c43 is ballistic coefficient (drag law 1943),
pN is standard atmospheric pressure,
p0N is standard atmospheric pressure at sea level,
w is wind speed,
ηN is standard virtual air temperature,
η0N is standard virtual air temperature at sea level,
G43 is drag function (drag law 1943).
76 R. Vítek and L. Jedlička
Details of the exterior ballistic model can be found in the [6, 7, 8, 9].
The system of equations (17) is solved by means of standard Runge-Kutta
method with variable time step.
Calculation of Aiming Angles
The basic function of any ballistic computer is to calculate the aiming angles (angle of
elevation and bearing) for the particular firing task. To successfully fulfil this task it is
necessary to know the following:
trajectory model (in this case the point mass trajectory model),
characteristics of weapon system (initial velocity, ballistic coefficient),
atmospheric conditions (air pressure, temperature, direction and speed of wind),
position of the target (slant range of the target, azimuth and angle of site).
The angle of elevation can be calculated for the particular firing task iteratively.
In this case one of the most efficient methods, the secant method, was used. The
method can be described by the following relation:
0 0
0 0
1 21 0 1
1 2
i ii i y i
y i y i
(18)
where:
θ0 is the angle of elevation,
y is the height of point of impact on the target.
The iteration process is ended when the height of point of impact y differs from
0 (centre of the target) by less than 1 calibre, i.e. 7.62·10–3
m. All calculations are
carried out under standard atmospheric conditions [10].
4.2. Selection of Ballistic Systems
For the purpose of this analysis, the most widespread and available ballistic systems
from the calibre 5.56 up to calibre 30 mm were chosen. It is necessary to mention that
the attention is primarily focused on the weapon systems of calibres from 12.7 up to
20 mm. Ballistic systems of calibre higher than 20 mm are too powerful for the
existing experimental gun-carriage and there are also other practical problems (e.g.
large danger areas in firing ranges, high cost of ammunition, …).
Among the small calibre ballistic systems were chosen following systems fielded
in the Army of the Czech Republic (ACR) or other NATO armies:
5.5645 mm (standard NATO),
7.6239 mm (ACR),
7.6251 mm (standard NATO),
7.6254 mm (ACR),
12.799 mm (standard NATO),
12.7108 mm (ACR),
14.5114 mm (ACR).
Basic exterior ballistic properties of above mentioned small calibre ballistic systems
are summarised in Tab. 2.
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Tab. 2 Exterior ballistic characteristics of selected small calibre ballistic systems
5.564
5
7.623
9
7.625
1
7.625
4
12.79
9
12.71
08
14.51
14 v0 [m·s
1]
1006 743 856 855 945 850 890
c43
[kg·m2
]
10.50 10.30 6.70 6.57 3.60 3.60 3.50
Xmax [m] 2853 2587 3833 3888 6345 6057 6309
Automatic cannons of following calibres were added rather due to the complexity
of the selection:
20102 mm (ACR),
30165 mm (ACR),
30211 mm (ACR).
Basic exterior ballistic properties of chosen automatic cannons are summarised in
Tab. 3.
Tab. 3 Summary of exterior ballistic characteristics of selected automatic cannons
20102 30165 30211
v0 [m·s1
]
1050 970 1000
c43 [kg·m2
] 4.55 2.05 2.00
Xmax [m] 5551 9756 10110
5. Effect of Accuracy of the Target Range Measurement
The range of the target is one of the most important characteristics of the target for the
calculation of the aiming angles. The accuracy of this characteristic directly affects the
accuracy of fire and consequently also the target hit probability.
The effect of the accuracy of the target range measurement on the position of the
point of impact is expressed by means of change of height of point of impact on
the target. Calculation of aiming angles is realised for the measured target range (with
error) and the projectile trajectory is calculated for the real (correct) target range and
the height of point of impact is recorded. The height of point of impact should be
considered in terms of the mean point of impact.
Using the formula (16) we can estimate that the range of errors of the target range
measurement will not exceed ±15 % of the target range up to 3500 m (for the
rangefinder configuration mentioned in the example in Chapter 3). The change of the
height of point of impact is presented in dependency on the relative range of the target.
The relative range of the target is defined as a ratio of both measured and real range of
the target. Three real ranges of the target (600, 900, and 1200 m) were chosen for the
calculations.
Results of these calculations are presented in the following figures and tables.
The tables show the results with the 5 % step. The currently used weapon systems are
marked dark grey and the perspective weapon systems are marked light grey.
78 R. Vítek and L. Jedlička
Fig. 2 Effect of inaccuracy of target range measurement – 600 m
Tab. 4 Change of height of point of impact due to target range inaccuracy – 600 m
Error of target range measurement [m]
Calibre –15 % –10 % –5 % 0 % +5 % +10 % +15 %
5.5645 mm 0.89 0.62 0.32 0.00 0.35 0.73 1.14
7.6239 mm –1.81 –1.25 –0.64 0.00 0.68 1.39 2.14
7.6251 mm –0.79 –0.54 –0.27 0.00 0.29 0.59 0.91
7.6254 mm –0.77 –0.53 –0.27 0.00 0.28 0.58 0.89
12.799 mm –0.43 –0.29 –0.15 0.00 0.15 0.30 0.46
12.7108 mm –0.54 –0.36 –0.18 0.00 0.19 0.38 0.58
14.5114 mm –0.48 –0.33 –0.16 0.00 0.17 0.34 0.52
20102 mm –0.38 –0.26 –0.13 0.00 0.13 0.27 0.41
30165 mm –0.35 –0.23 –0.12 0.00 0.12 0.24 0.36
30211 mm –0.32 –0.22 –0.11 0.00 0.11 0.22 0.33
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Fig. 3 Effect of inaccuracy of target range measurement – 900 m
Tab. 5 Change of height of point of impact due to target range inaccuracy – 900 m
Error of target range measurement [m]
Calibre –15 % –10 % –5 % 0 % +5 % +10 % +15 %
5.5645 mm –4.04 –2.81 –1.47 0.00 1.58 3.29 5.12
7.6239 mm –6.40 –4.40 –2.26 0.00 2.40 4.95 7.64
7.6251 mm –2.85 –1.98 –1.03 0.00 1.11 2.30 3.57
7.6254 mm –2.78 –1.93 –1.00 0.00 1.08 2.24 3.47
12.799 mm –1.19 –0.81 –0.41 0.00 0.42 0.87 1.32
12.7108 mm –1.51 –1.03 –0.52 0.00 0.54 1.11 1.69
14.5114 mm –1.34 –0.91 –0.46 0.00 0.48 0.97 1.49
20102 mm –1.11 –0.75 –0.39 0.00 0.40 0.83 1.27
30165 mm –0.86 –0.58 –0.29 0.00 0.30 0.60 0.91
30211 mm –0.80 –0.54 –0.27 0.00 0.28 0.56 0.85
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Fig. 4 Effect of inaccuracy of target range measurement – 1200 m
Tab. 6 Change of height of point of impact due to target range inaccuracy – 1200 m
Error of target range measurement [m]
Calibre –15 % –10 % –5 % 0 % +5 % +10 % +15 %
5.5645 mm –11.30 –7.85 –4.09 0.00 4.44 9.25 14.45
7.6239 mm –16.24 –11.22 –5.82 0.00 6.26 12.99 20.24
7.6251 mm –7.71 –5.32 –2.75 0.00 2.94 6.07 9.39
7.6254 mm –7.52 –5.20 –2.69 0.00 2.87 5.93 9.17
12.799 mm –2.64 –1.81 –0.93 0.00 0.97 2.00 3.08
12.7108 mm –3.42 –2.34 –1.20 0.00 1.26 2.60 4.02
14.5114 mm –2.97 –2.03 –1.04 0.00 1.09 2.25 3.47
20102 mm –2.62 –1.81 –0.93 0.00 1.00 2.06 3.21
30165 mm –1.72 –1.16 –0.59 0.00 0.60 1.22 1.85
30211 mm –1.59 –1.07 –0.54 0.00 0.56 1.13 1.71
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6. Discussion
The obtained results can be utilised in two different ways:
for selection of optimal ballistic system,
for setting of requirements on the accuracy of target range measurement.
6.1. Selection of Optimal Ballistic System
In this first case the range of fire, accuracy of the target range measurement, and the
size of the target are given and the optimal ballistic system is searched. A new firing
task is defined as a standard NATO target of size 2.3 x 2.3 m moving at ranges up to
1200 m with velocity of about 5 m·s–1
. The aiming point is placed into the centre of
the target.
The selection of the optimal ballistic system will be shown on the example of the
7.6254 and the 12.799 systems. From Tables 4, 5, and 6 the heights of point of
impact for all ranges of target and the ±5 % accuracy of measurement were separated
and placed into the Fig. 5. The horizontal lines represent the bottom and upper edge of
the target.
From Fig. 5 it can be clearly seen that the target range of 900 m is the limit for
the currently used ballistic system 7.6254; other effects (e.g. cross wind) are not
taken into account for this assessment. On the other hand, the perspective ballistic
system of calibre 12.799 can be used with the ±5 % accuracy of target range
measurement against targets at distances up to 1200 m. It should be also mentioned
that the marks in the figure represent the mean points of impact. The position of the
mean point of impact at the target edge (upper or bottom) means that only 50 % of all
projectiles fired will hit the target.
Fig. 5 Comparison of current and perspective ballistic system
+ - 7.6254
x - 12.799
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6.2. Setting of Requirements on the Accuracy of Target Range Measurement
In this case the particular ballistic systems, range of fire and size of the target are
given and the required accuracy of the target range measurement is searched for. In
other words, the question is how accurately the target range must be measured for
a given ballistic system and the size of the target.
The setting of requirements on the accuracy of the measurement can be shown on
the example of the chosen ballistic systems and standard NATO target at the distance
of 1200 m as shown in Fig. 5. To hit the standard NATO target at this distance with
currently used ballistic system, it is necessary to measure the range of the target
with better than ± 2 % accuracy. In case of using the 12.799 system the target range
must be measured with better than ±6 % accuracy. For the 30 mm ballistic systems it
is sufficient yet the ±9 % accuracy of measurement.
Fig. 6 Comparison of current and perspective ballistic system
Figures 2 and 3 present the required accuracy of the target range measurement for
each ballistic system and given size of the target in a similar way.
7. Conclusion
The simple mathematical model of passive target range measurement is presented in
this article. This model was used for deriving the relative range error. From the error
analysis of the passive range measuring system, the minimal magnitudes of errors of
the target range measurement were obtained. This analysis became the basis for the
external ballistics assessment of the effect of the accuracy of the target range
measurement on the accuracy of fire.
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From the ballistic analysis which has been conducted it can be concluded that
from the investigated ballistic systems the 30 mm automatic cannons show the
smallest change of the height of point impact. On the other hand, these ballistic
systems are too powerful and therefore they are not suitable for mounting on the
existing gun carriage. The size of the dangerous areas and cost of munition for these
systems cannot be neglected either.
From the perspective group of ballistic systems (12.7 – 20 mm) the ballistic
systems 12.799 and 20102 are the most suitable ones. These ballistic systems pose a
good and comparable insensitivity to the target range measurement accuracy but from
the performance point of view the 12.799 system is more suitable than the 20102
one.
The conclusion based on the analysis is that the ballistic system 12.799 should
be used for the firing against targets at distances about 1000 m. The dispersion of fire
of this ballistic system must be also investigated to get complete information for the
final decision.
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Acknowledgement
The work presented in this paper has been supported by the Ministry of Defence of the
Czech Republic (research project No. MO FVT0000402).